In the last few days, the fact that the NFL is all about business, was very apparent. The fact that the Colts just released one of the best receivers in history (Marvin Harrison), and now today the Bucs released 5 of the best players in their teams history. I don’t live in Tampa anymore, but I still follow the team and I find it hard to believe that this move is going to help the team. I guess Bucs fans can look forward to 3-4 years of rebuilding!
TAMPA, Fla. -- Derrick Brooks, one of the top players in Tampa Bay history, was cut by the Buccaneers on Wednesday in a purge of the team's older players.
Brooks, the NFL Defensive Player of the Year when Tampa Bay won the Super Bowl after the 2002 season, was among five players cut, four of them older than 32-year-old Raheem Morris, the team's new head coach.
The others were wide receivers Joey Galloway and Ike Hilliard, running back Warrick Dunn and linebacker Cato June. The 29-year-old June is the only player under 30 and the only one younger than Morris.
The moves caught Brooks by surprise.
"Right now, like all of you guys, I'm just trying to get a feel for it all, trying to come to grips with it," the 11-time Pro Bowl selection said by telephone. "I don't even know what to think."
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